St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-06
HE WEEDS HIS OLD LOVE
Secretary of the Interior Lucius Quintus
Ourtius Lamar Was Married at
Macon, Ga, Yesterday,
His Bride Being the Handsome Widow Of
Gen. William s. Holt, Millionaire
Southerner.
She Rejected Him in Early Life Bee
cause His Il air and Name
Were Long.
Time, However, Has Reconciled Her
to the Situatfon--The Wedding
Journey.
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MACON, Ga, Jan. 5.-The secretary Of
the interior, Hon. L. @. c. Lamar, and
Mrs. Henrietta Dean Holt, widow of the
late Gen. William S. Holt were married at
| 10 o'clock this morning. The marriage oc-
cnrred at the handsome residence of the
bride on Orange street. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. DR.. William Park, of
the Methodist Episcopal church, South.
This gentleman, by the way, is the leader
of what is known in Georgia as ''the holt
ness movement" Those present at the
marriage We're MI. and Mrs. w. b. Virgin
and children, Capt and Mrs. r. E. Park
and children, Col. and Mrs. W. H. Ross.
Col. and Mrs j. E. Jones Col and Mrs.
H. j. Lamar and daughter. and DR.. and
Mrs. r. NJ. Patterson. The secretary en-
tered the grand parlOr where the marriage
| took place, accompanied by Col. Ross.
Mrs. Holt entered with her son-in-law,
Capt. Park. The secretary was dressed in
black broad cloth. He wore white rose
| ON his coat lapel.
MRS. HOLT
wore costume of gray silk. her ornaments
| being the magnificent diamonds given her
ceremony in exactly two minutes. Imme-
diately after the secretary and his wife had
received the congratulations of those who
witnessed the marriage, the party partook
! of q wedding breakfast. The remainder of
the day was spent quietly at the BRIDES
residence. This afternoon the secretary
and his wife left at O'Clock for Atlanta,
where they viii be the guests of Gov. and
Mrs. John B. Gordon at the executive man
sion. Tomorrow morning they will leave
for brief visit to Oxford Miss. and thence
will go to Washington. 1t is said that the
date of the marriage was not finally fixed
| until last night. The secretary says that
the newspaper reports fastened the event.
for which he is much obliged. y great deal
of secrecy has been maintained all along,
both by the secretary and his wife.
ARRIVED AT ATLANTA.
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ATLANTA, Ga, Jan. 5.-Hon. l.. Q. c.
Lamar. secretary of the interior, and wife
arrived in this city tonight at o'clock.
They will be the guests of Gov. and Mrs.
Gordon until morning. The secretary
wished to avoid all publicity, but his pres
ence became known aud number of lead
ing citizens called at the executive mansion
to pay their respects. The secretary and
his wife will leave in the morning for a
visit to Oxford. Miss
A ROMANCE OF LONG AGO.
The story told about the secretary and Mrs.
Holt is an interesting one. He was born near
Eatontou, in Putnam county. She was born
in Bibb county, about twelve miles from Ma
con. He was Il handsome, manly young fell
low when he first met Mrs. Holt, and she was
the belle Of Georgia. He was infatuated with
her charms. She heard him deliver an elo-
| quent speech in debating society while she
was visiting friends in Eatonton, and fell in
| love witt his intellect. They were introduced
! to each other by the late w. Fl. Sparks, q
| prominentsman OF this state. Their acquaint-
ance soon ripeued into love and they became
engaged. Tradition has it that they would
have been ma rried within six months after
their engagement had it not been for the in
reference Of a young railroad clerk named
Holt. Young Hollis parents lived near the
parents of the secretarys lady love. On a
visit nome young Holt met her at a Sunday
school picnic. He was at the time clerk i'll
the Office of the Southwestern railroad. He
instantly succumbed to her charms, and at
the first opportunity made love to her. She
repulSed him, informing him that she was en-
gaGed to another. "Who is the mann asked
young Holt. 'Mr. L. Q. G. Lamar of
the county of Putnam she replied, i'll the
precise and formal language of the time,
what" exclaimed young Holt, who had met
Mr.. Lamar while visiting his couin, Col.
Pulaski Holt of Eatonton, "are you en-
gagged to that black-faCed, long-haired Lamar?
L am shocked at your taste" The lady was
offended, but the persistent gallantry of
young Holt eventually won her over. She
accepted the most devoted attention from
him, and, as subsequent events proved,
learned TO love hun. Mr.. Lamar was in
formed of young Hollis atten ions to his
sweetheart, and he became very angry. He
wrote her bitter letter, suggesting that it
would be we'll for her to marry the pert rail-
| road clerk.
HER PRIDE WAS WOUNDED,
and she replied that she would rather marry
q railroad clerk than to mate with man
whose hair was as long as q woman's. The
result was the breaking of the engagement.
About year after young Holt married the
lady and took her to his humble apartments
in this city. As years passed he was pro-
NOTED, finally being elected president of the
Southwestern railroad and also of its bank.
He made money rapidly and invested it care
fully. At the beginning of the war he was
worth nearly S1,0o0,000. When the war
closed he still had large property. He
joined Senator Joseph E. Brown in leasing the
Western & Atlantic railroad. line built and
still owned by the state. This venture proved
wonderfully remunerative. 1t enriched him
as all the other iessees. Mr.. Holt served
in the state militia during the war and
was commissioned general by Senator
Brown, who was at that time governor. Three
children were born to him and his wife-tWo
daughters and son, the latter dying about
1873. The older daughter married W. H.
Virgin, wealthy patent medicine proprietor
of this city, and the other married Capt. r.
E. Park, well-known land owner and
capitalist, also of this city. Gen. Holt died
very suddenly few years ago while on
visit to Saratoga. Although in middle life
when left a widow, Mrs. Holt was still a beau
tiful woman. About u year ago. while visit
ing Washington, she met the secretary Of the
interior. who had not long before lost his
wife. The old acquaintance was renewed;
not only this, but the love each had felt for
the other in youth was also renewed. Last
summer the secretary came to Macon and
asked Mrs. Holt to marry him. She consented.
and they would have been united last fall had
it not been for an unlooked-for obstacle The
daughters objected. 1t is said that they had
no objection to the secretary, but they did
not wish her to marry anybody. They did
not wish her to change her name, the Hollis
being noted people in this state. She yielded
to their opposition and told the secretary she
could not marry him. He returned to WASH
ington much disappointed. The secretary's
present visit to Macon is due to letter he re-
ceived two weeks ago. 1t was from Mrs Holt
and told him that the objections of her
daughters might be removed.
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